On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 06:05:55PM +0200, Viktor Jägersküpper wrote:
Greg Kroah-Hartman:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.18.13 release. There are 231 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please let me know.
Hi Greg,
I noticed that there are several patches in the list which are also part of your retbleed-5.18 queue. If I am not mistaken, these are:
[PATCH 5.18 145/231] x86/kvm: Fix SETcc emulation for return thunks [PATCH 5.18 146/231] x86/sev: Avoid using __x86_return_thunk [PATCH 5.18 147/231] x86/bugs: Report AMD retbleed vulnerability [PATCH 5.18 148/231] objtool: Update Retpoline validation [PATCH 5.18 149/231] x86/xen: Rename SYS* entry points [PATCH 5.18 150/231] x86/cpu/amd: Add Spectral Chicken
I'm wondering if this is intended or if it would be better to release a stable kernel with all the retbleed patches later because of the problems that came up with these patches so far. I'm just a user, so I can't say anything about the technical side, and I don't know how the patches were selected.
Yes, sorry, I need to drop those and then add them only as part of the retbleed stuff.
thanks,
greg k-h